I would like to see how far Igo, I may take the GPS out of the car for a speed run. The batteries last 30 minutes.

Just remember to automotive unit will not be waterproof or probably even water resistant - make sure it's well protected.

Thanks it will just be a paddle in the canal behind the house. My luck I will dump it!

I see Timex has a GPS watch which tracks your distance but it is 360 $$$$$$

I have a GPS unit (Garmin Legend) mounted on my deck with a RAM mount (suction cup). Nothing fancy, I've had it for 3 years and it still works great. Its waterproof (I've rolled with it on my deck with no problems) and it is a great back-up for my deck map.

Going nuts trying to get one hurry with the review. Looked at the Lowrance but it doesn't seem to seal good on the bottom and I am leary of it. Help! I read on line reviews and they are from one spectrum to the other and I am still puzzled as you don't know who is doing the review. I thin may be a company employee LOL!

Any ideas when the review is coming so I can push the clock forward?

I'd like to have a GPS to relay coordinates in an emergency and also to locate where I am. Your view on the water is essentially two-dimensional. Without landmarks that you can identify, all you see is a green, grey or speckled line in the distance. I was paddling with a group on Squam Lake and one paddler was able to locate our position and save us several mile of paddling. His GPS showed our position on a mini marine chart with place and feature names, without forcing us to plot the GPS coordinates on a paper/plastic chart. Your going to spend between $300 and $600 for the GPS and also buy the marine charts on an SD chip. A device with a readable marine chart sounds like the gold standard.

My radio has GPS built in it. Standard Horizon

I use an eTrek Vista Hcx. It is waterproof for 3 feet at 30 minutes. I love mine but mine is only used in fresh water. I would be worried about salt water wrecking it.

No matter what kind you get, no matter the claims for waterproofness, it needs to live in a dry bag for longevity. Open the dry bag between uses to keep down condensation. I have been keeping my Garmin 76Cx happy for years now. Bag can also hold spare batteries and a small nav notebook and pencil.

still hoping for Sea Kayaker GPS review before spring!

Mike

Did we ever get a GPS review in the magazine?

Thanks

Robert

Robert,

It's still on the editor's "to do list" Thank you for the reminder. We'll be talking with all the manufacturers in July at the Outdoor Retailer Show and will work to get something going with the newest and greatest that we see there.

Michael

aha ! how find the CSX floats ?

if you have not, read Burch - FUN DEMENTALS OF KAYAK NAVIGATION

and go dhow

See the seams on your GPS ? Wipe clean with dilute dishsoap, rinse and wipe with isopropyl. Cover seams with 3M 33 electrical tape.

Now on the Florida coast after buying West Coast Garmin charts of 6 years ago, I shelled out more for the East Coast.

I'm pleased. The maps are cheaper

Paddling near bottom countours via Garmin's NOAA maps is more fun here in low tideland than on high velocity Haro Strait with sea mounts an variable overfalls. The wee bit of extra velocity here exposes your experience directly onto nature's watercourse.

Big Carlos, east of Sanibel Island, described as a 'lake' is not. BC flows down around water hills, thru choppy channels, and downhill ! As experienced from the kayak and a Garmin charts equipped Csx. Where you may gradually develop a sense of place without Garmin, with Garmin and pretrip laptop planning, you are there right off the ramp.

If you need electronic reality, a pretrip track used for routing on water brings a Csx screen, 2 screens, with several windows of info each screen; eg distance made good, distance to go, time of arrival (or not), time to sundown, time to dinner, average speed when in motion....time to the next Cigarette....
Combining Burch, Garmin, and Google Earth with Goretex and Kevlar/CF....incroyable

and Burch.

Burch deepens your sensitivity to where, how and who you may be as a kayak mariner. A quality the GPS merely alludes.